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Joan Floyd
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Joan A. Floyd, 76, of Good Samaritan-Prophets Riverview Center, Prophetstown, formerly of Erie and Missouri, died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, at CGH Medical Center, Sterling. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at Gibson-Bode Funeral Home, Erie. Burial will follow at the Erie Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Parkinson Foundation. Joan was born Aug. 25, 1936, in Davenport, the daughter of Ray Davis and Luella Goembel. She was first married to Larry Majeski and later to Kennard Hoerler. She then married Jim Floyd on April 15, 1978. He preceded her in death in 2010. She and her husband, Jim, owned and operated a one-stop store, owned an amusement company, raised greyhounds and worked in timeshare sales of vacation condos. She enjoyed baking, arts and crafts, feeding the humming birds and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She also had a "green thumb." Joan is survived by her three sons (and their wives), Dan (Susan) Majeski, Erie, Tim (Bernadette) Hoerler, Lake Hamilton, Fla., Darin (Evelyn) Hoerler, Orlando, Fla.; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband, Jim, she was preceded in death by her parents and an infant daughter, Jody. Share a memory or a condolence at www.gibsonbodefh.com. 
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Today is Saturday, May 25, the 145th day of 2013. There are 220 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The annual review of the fire department of this city took placeyesterday and made a fine showing with machines and hose carts in tip-top order.
1888 -- 125 years ago: Last night's prayer meeting at Central Presbyterian Church wascalled off due to water in the basement, residue of last week's flood.
1913 -- 100 years ago: The junior class of Rock Island High School will hold a riverexcursion on the steamer St. Paul next Tuesday.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The 75th Anniversary of the Rock Island Arsenal today finds thenation's largest ordinance manufacturing plant filling many important orders for the army.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Miss Patrice Daly, Rock Island, a senior at Rock Island HighSchool, won second place in the recent state public speaking contest held in Peoria underthe auspices of the Knights of Pythias.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Hampton's sesquicentennial committee and the Hampton HistoricalSociety have scheduled a full slate of activities, which will be held throughout the year, to celebrate the village's 150th birthday. The first celebration will be the Memorial Dayprogram at 10 a.m. May 30, at the Brettun and Black Store Museum on River Road. Therewill be a sesquicentennial display.
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